The present page closes the second volume of the Quarterly. We have now furnished its readers 896 pages of matter. Of the character of this matter we do not propose to speak. It is before the brethren, and they will judge of it. In due time the first number of the third volume will make its appearance. Here and now, therefore, we ask for the Quarterly a far more generous support than, up to date, it has received. Is this appeal to be made in vain? Shall not our list of subscribers for the third volume more than double our list for any preceding volume? Brethren, gladden our heart in this affair, and let us have the number which, it is fondly hoped, is not unreasonably asked.
Owing to the enormous expense of paper and printing, we feel it to be an act of simple justice to the laborer to increase slightly the price of the work. The third volume will consequently cost $2.50. This is an increase in the cost of the work of only fifty cents. To each subscriber this will be a small matter; to the editor it may prove a great one. We trust that no brother will regard it as unreasonable, and that hence the number of our subscribers will not be diminished by it.
It is now, we regret to say, very unsafe to remit money through the mails. Our losses in this way during the last year were painfully heavy. But it is perfectly safe to send it in checks. I consequently hope the brethren everywhere will adopt this mode of remitting funds. The expense of remitting in this way is very trifling, and when its safety is considered, it is hoped all will adopt it. Where funds are remitted in the form of checks, all remittances will come at my risk; but where simply money is sent, it must in all cases be at the risk of the subscriber. The Quarterly goes at my risk, and where it fails I have to resend it. I consequently feel it to be but just that money should come at the subscriber’s risk. To take the risk both ways is more than is right, and certainly more than I am able to bear.
To the gentlemanly and cultivated brethren who have contributed their articles to the present volume I have deep pleasure in hereby returning my cordial thanks. If their productions have brought them no gain, they have at least given others both pleasure and profit. This is the reward of the generous. They are all warmly requested to continue their contributions.
All names, moneys, and exchanges to be sent to me at Lexington, Kentucky. [448]
[Volume II: July, 1865]
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